Rachel Canning, 18, is claiming her parents kicked her out of the house because they didn’t like her boyfriend. Sean and Elizabeth Canning say their daughter left home to rebel against their very reasonable house rules.

Elizabeth and Sean Canning in court.Source: AP

New Jersey judge Peter Bogaard denied Rachel’s request for $650 a week in child support, the remainder of her tuition bill at her private Catholic high school and her attorney’s fees, and said her lawsuit sets a dangerous precedent.

“We have to ask ourselves, do we want to establish a precedent where parents live in constant fear of enforcing the basic rules of the house?” he said. “If they set a rule a child doesn’t like, the child can move out, move in with another family, seek child support, cars, cell phone, and a few hundred grand to go to college?”

Judge Bogaard also compared the teen to entitled children who don’t get the toys they want.

“Are we going to open the gates for 12-year-olds to sue for an Xbox? For 13-year-olds to sue for an iPhone?” he asked.

Rachel is still seeking a ruling that she’s not emancipated from her parents. If she wins, they’d be obligated to support her financially, even if they’re not forced to pay for her first-choice college, the University of Vermont.

Rachel says her parents “abandoned” her.Source: Supplied

Around November 1, 2013, Rachel left her comfortable home in Morris County, New Jersey to go and stay with a friend’s family.

The teen says her mother and father sent her packing around her 18th birthday by cutting her off “emotionally and financially”.

Court papers filed by Rachel claim: “They stopped paying my high school tuition to punish the school and me and have redirected my college fund indicating their refusal to afford me an education as a punishment.”

Rachel Canning looks on in court.Source: AP

Morris Catholic High School, which Rachel attends, is backing the case of the A-grade teenager. Her parents already owe the school $5306, due to fees accrued after the feud started.

“Rachel has excellent grades and will not be removed from the school for this non-payment; however her parents do have a contractual obligation to pay. Rachel is certainly unable at this time to attend Morris Catholic High School full-time and support herself financially,” school president Michael St. Pierre said in a letter to court.

Rachel Canning.Source: Supplied

According to her father, Rachel left of her own accord after she refused to do her chores, return her sister’s belongings or be respectful.

“We love our child and miss her. This is terrible. It’s killing me and my wife. We have a child we want home. We’re not draconian and now we’re getting hauled into court. She’s demanding that we pay her bills but she doesn’t want to live at home and she’s saying ‘I don’t want to live under your rules’,” Mr Canning said.